THE DOCTRINE OF THE PASSIONS EXPLAINED AND IMPROVED. TO WHICH IS ADDED, EVIDENCES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION by Isaac Watts; Joseph Addison - 1811

Trenton: Daniel Fenton, 1811. Full Leather. Good binding. An early U.S. edition of Watts's Doctrine of the Passions, with Addison's Evidences of the Christian Religion, together in one volume. Isaac Watts was an English minister, and the so-called 'Godfather of English Hymnody;' while Addison is best known for his work on The Spectator magazine, founding the "Kitcat Club," and writing the highly influential, and revolutionary, play Cato. Engraved frontispiece in two pages. Subscriber's list at the rear. Rebacked by a conservator using Japanese tissue. Overly mottled full calf, now cracked and worn, with a red leather label. Good binding.